Legal Opinion
In Re: Deepwater Horizon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2014No. 13-30095PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order certifying a class action and approving a settlement under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 The ongoing litigation before the district court encompasses claims against British Petroleum Exploration & Production, Inc. (“BP”) and numerous other entities. All these claims are related to the 2010 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling rig, and the consequent discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Several of the original appellants in this case have moved to…
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